L.E.P. - Ozone Magazine

& DJ
CHUCK T
The self-proclaimed Carolina
King has rightfully earned his
title over the years. Consistently
releasing CD after CD, DJ
Chuck T has received a number
of awards and accolades which he himself
cannot even count. We spoke with the
Down South Slangin’ mastermind to find out
what else is up his sleeve for 2008.
You drop a ton of mixtapes. How quickly
can you finish one
It depends on what type of mixtape it is. If
it’s a blend tape, then it will take anywhere
from two weeks to a month to put it together.
If it’s a paying artist’s mixtape, then
it takes me about two to three days to mix it,
bring some records back, blend it together
and make it sound real professional. If it’s
an exclusive tape, where the focus is on the
music and not so much skills, that can take
me a day or two max.
What else is new with you
Right now my main goal is my new company
Publicity Stunt Marketing. I’m trying to
make the transition away from the mixtape
game because at the end of the day it’s still
illegal. No matter how many label reps call
me wanting me to play their artists, it’s illegal.
It’s nothing we can really do until labels
decide to make mixtapes legal and regulate
them. Publicity Stunt Marketing/Management/Consulting
is the new company.
I’m focusing on taking some artists from
the Carolinas and showing ‘em how the
industry works; really trying to take some
Carolina artists to the top.
Who are some artists you’re working with
My main goal is staying neutral, helping
anybody who’s talented and making moves
in the Carolinas. I’ve even blasted out music
from artists who I didn’t see eye to eye
with. I look at it like I’m one of the pioneers
in Carolina music and I have a responsibility
to set aside personal issues.
I see you’re promoting your brother, P.I.M.P.
Yeah, P.I.M.P. is my older brother. He’s
been rapping since we were children. He
used to have the turntables in his room.
My other brother would play like he was
the DJ. I was the youngest so they used to
make me control the volume. They gave
me the bullshit job. We’ve been honing
our craft since we were little. He recently
started taking rap seriously when he came
home from jail in 2001. He did a five year
bid for drug trafficking. I just recently started
working with him ‘cause I just saw him take
things seriously. I’m his younger brother,
so I understand it’s hard for him to listen
to my [advice[ when it comes to the music
industry. Recently we were able to get past
the egos and start working together.
It seems like you’d have a successful radio
show. You say whatever is on your mind.
I’ve been on radio before and to be honest,
it’s not a road I want to go back down unless
the station is willing to give me some
type of control. Radio is an industry where
the jock is never supposed to be bigger
than the station. We saw that when my
homeboy Charlamagne Tha God became
bigger than the station and they got rid of
him. Thank God he already had something
in the works with Wendy Williams. It was
like a big “fuck you” to jump from market
number 50 to market number 1. It shows
you the mentality of radio. I don’t have time
to sacrifice sitting at a computer at a radio
station for pennies. I’ve built my stock up
enough for people to know what I bring
to the table. Look at all I’ve accomplished
without radio. The radio PDs and General
Managers should be throwing the checkbook
at me but they’re not. I’m one of the
top mixtape DJs in the world without radio.
What are you killing the streets with next
I’m working on Down South Slangin’ 50 and
I just released Sexxxplicit R&B 40. My longevity
in the R&B mixtape scene is equal to
my longevity in dirty South mixtapes. I just
finished the Sonny Rich mixtape which will
hit the streets around Bike Week. I’m about
to put out my brother’s album. I’m working
on a CD with Black Jerus from North
Carolina, who has produced for G-Unit
and Snoop Dogg. We’re getting together
with Jozeemo to do an album called True
Identity. I’m about to get into executive
producing, marketing and promoting artists,
management, and label consulting, just
using a lot of knowledge I’ve gained over 10
years in the business to help out my people.
Website: Myspace.com/Djchuckt
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